Hey, the Koch brothers aren't the only people who can hire a bus. Gov. Mike Beebe and the Democratic Party have announced a bus tour in Northeast Arkansas this weekend to encourage voting for Democratic legislative candidates.

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Republican U.S. Rep. Tim "Cager" Griffin, a graduate of Hendrix College and the Tulane University law school lists his university connection on Facebook as Oxford University, where he once attended a graduate program (no degree, says Wall Street Journal.)

Happily, Mitt Romney is catching flak for his effort to capitalize on Hurricane Sandy by turning campaign rallies into disaster relief rallies that only served to create headaches for relief agencies with unwanted canned good donations.

Tabulation of White County votes will be delayed election night because of corrections necessary to the ballot on account of a screwup that failed to originally list the full name of state Rep. Tiffany Rogers of Stuttgart, a candidate for state Senate against Sen. Jonathan Dismang.

Michael Tilley of The City Wire in Fort Smith summarizes well the utter lack of principle guiding the Republican Party's hope for takeover of the Arkansas legislature, particularly when it comes to electing Republican Reps. Jon Hubbard and Loy Mauch and former Republican Rep. Charlies Fuqua to House sets.

The Los Angeles Times reports on the sagging casino economy in Tunica, Miss., a sag due in part to increasing national competition.

Sen. Jason Rapert has announced on Facebook his plans to file this week a so-called trigger law — like those passed in four other states — that would make abortion illegal in Arkansas immediately if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Polling suggests the majority would oppose it.

The annual abortion protest marches were held around the country Sunday and, as usual, press accounts duly quoted the misinformation repeated there. From the coverage of the Arkansas march, this stood out:

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has made several public appearances today as part of the observance of King Day and his remarks have included lauding the state's 2017 action (and his own) in ending the dual observance of King's birthday with that of a man who fought to preserve slavery, Robert E. Lee. I have one brief observation on his remarks: